Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Events for April
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Grodins Graduate Research Symposium
Sat, Apr 05, 2008
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
http://bmsrs.usc.edu/~grodins/index.html
We are pleased to invite the graduate students of the Biomedical Engineering (BME) department to participate in the 12th Annual Grodins Graduate Research Symposium, to be held on Saturday, April 5, 2008 in USC's Galen Center. The symposium will include oral and poster presentations from almost all BME graduate students.Location: Galen Center
Audiences: Graduate/Department/Sponsors only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Wen Li, Professor of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mon, Apr 07, 2008 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
MEMS and Nanosensors
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Martin Gunderson, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy
Mon, Apr 14, 2008 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Studies of nanosecond pulsed electric fields for the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells in vitro and tumors in vivo
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
Noah Malmstadt, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, USC
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 @ 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Nanoscale structure formation in biomimetic cell membranes
Audiences: Department Only
Contact: Mischalgrace Diasanta
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor. -
BME Weekly Seminar Series-Rehabilitation for the Self-Management of Parkinsons Disease
Mon, Apr 21, 2008 @ 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether rehabilitation that focuses on self-management of health helps to improve the day-to-day functioning and quality of life of community-living clients with Parkinson's disease (PD), beyond the effects of medical treatment alone. DESIGN: In a randomized controlled design, 120 participants were assigned to one of three conditions for a duration of 6 weeks: (I) medication only, (II) medication plus 2 outpatient group rehabilitation sessions and 1 social activity session per week, or (III) medication plus 2 outpatient group rehabilitation sessions and 1 home/community rehabilitation session per week. Rehabilitation occurred through integrated physical, occupational, and speech therapy services specialized to the self-management of health needs of people with PD. RESULTS: Compliance with treatment was 93% in the outpatient setting and 99% in the home setting. The first specific aim of the study was to determine if increasing "doses" of self-management rehabilitation (from Conditions I to II to III) resulted in increasingly positive quality of life outcomes. The results support this dose effect (F(1,111) = 5.96, p = .005). With increasing doses of rehabilitation, individuals experienced increasingly positive quality of life outcomes as measured by the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire- 39. DISCUSSION: These results are consistent with the findings from the meta-analyses and the previous randomized controlled trial conducted by our research group. The primary hypothesis of this study was supported: there was a linear increase in immediate post-intervention improvement in overall quality of life from optimal medication (Condition I) to the addition of18 hours of self-management rehabilitation (Condition II) to 27 hours of self-management rehabilitation (Condition III) administered over a six-week period. These effects were strongest immediately following intervention and persisted to a smaller degree at 6 months follow-up. For more information, please visit http://www.bu.edu/sargent/centers/research/neurorehab/team/index.shtmlThe seminar is simultaneously presented at UPS and HSC, and available via live Web Cast at:http://capture.usc.edu/college/Catalog/?cid=af180d48-ceff-42b9-a35c-eb199daed320Information about all seminars can be found at: http://bme.usc.edu/valero/seminar.htm
Location: HSC: B16 Basement of the Norris Medical Library ; UPC: Ahmanson Center for Biological Research (ACB)
Audiences: Faculty and Graduate Students
Contact: Toyicha Chisom
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
